Reel



F. J. FEELY June 8 1926.

REEL

Filed August 27, 1925 [nae/2Z0)" Frank Jfql Aiiy Patented June 8, 192.6, a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

rm! JOSEPH IEELY, OI BEBWYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 WESTERN ELECTRIC comm, INCORPORATED, 01' NEW YORK, N.

Y., A CORPORA'IION OF QN'EW YORK.

Application fled August 27, 1998.. 'Serial 1T0. 859,511.

This invention relates to reels, and more particularly to a reel adapted to support cable during the shipment thereof.

A reel which may be satisfactorily used I for storing cable during the shipment there of should be economical of construction, but it must be strong enough to carry a long section of cable, which is usually of great weight, safely to its destination. 7

An object of the present invention is to simplify and chealpen the construction of a reel without de eteriously affecting its strength.

A reel made in accordance with this in- II vention may com'rise an axial tube with a flanged metal hu at either end, a wooden head being secured between each hub flange and an internal metal ring, while wooden lags supported by the heads, and wooden discs intermediate the heads, are held in place by encircling metal bands, tie bolts parallel to the lags being employed to connect the heads. 4

These and other features of the inven- I tion not s ecifically mentioned will appear from the ollowing description and the accompanying drawings, in which Flg. 1 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, and

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation of a reel made in accordance with this invention. Referrin to the drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters denote similar arts throughout the various figures, an axia tube 10 of metal has inserted in either end thereof annular flanged members 12 to serve as hubs, while upon the tube at either end, and bolted between the flange of the hub and an internal annular metal member 14, are bolted circular wooden heads 16. These heads may be built up by nailin or otherwise securing together, severa courses or layers of wooden boards, the ain of each succeeding course of whicl is laid at an angle to that of the previous one, the interior course or courses 18 bein cut to have a diameter equal to that of the interior of a drum composed of wooden lags or strips 22 supported by the termediate the heads, and a drum encirclin interior course or courses.

Intermediate the heads, and having a ring fit upon the axial tube, are wooden discs 20 for assisting in the support of the lags 22. These discs also have a diameter equal to that of the interior of the drum and although in the illustration three are shown, .it. is evident that the number of d 1scs employed may vary according to the s1ze of the reel and the nature of the cable to be shipped. 1

Thelags 22 which may either be in engagement with each other or held at any deslred distance apart by spacers 24, may be of wood, while parallel to the lags, and extendmg the entire length of the reel, are tie bolts 26 which tend to draw the heads together and bind the reel into a unit, metal washers 28 being used to afford a bearing for the nuts of the bolts 26 and to protect the wooden reel heads. Bolts 30, also provided with washers, are employed to bind together the layers of which the heads are constructed and thereby strengthen the reel. Intermediate the wooden discs 20, and parallel to the lags, are spacers 21 for posit1on1ng the discs, and which may consist of wooden cleats nailed to the interior of the lags. Encircling the lags radially opposite each sup orting disc, are bands of metal 32 who are here shown as double straps of band iron, and are for the purpose of securing the lags firmly in osition.

opening 34 ma be provide in one head just beyond t e drum to provide means for securing an end of the cable therein when starting to wind it on the reel and this opening is of a shape-well known in the art of reel construction. A de ression 35 may also be provided in one ead to permit the insertion of a pin for rotating the reel while winding the cable thereon.

What is claimed is:

1. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs associated with the ends thereof, annular members associated with the hub flanges, heads secured between each hub flange and associated annular member, a drum intermediate the heads, and means for securing the heads to the drum.

2. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs associated therewith, heads associated with the hubs and having reduced rtions, discoid members closely surrounding the tubular central member inand su ported by the discoid members an the re uced portions of the heads.

3. In a reel, a tubular central member, hubs associated with the'central member, an annular member associated with each hub, 1m

heads'connected to the hubs and the annular members, a discoid member associated with the central member and means surroundin the discoid member and supported by the eads to form a drum.

4:. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs inserted in the ends thereof, an annular clamping member associated with each hub, heads secured between the hub flanges and the annular clamping members, discs closely surrounding the'tubular central member intermediate the heads, and a plurality of lags supported by said discs to form a drum.

5. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs associated therewith, heads associated with the hub flanges, a disc intermediate the heads for supporting a drum, spacing members intermediate the heads and the disc, and lags intermediate the heads and supported 'by the discs to form a drum. 7

6. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs inserted in the ends thereof, an annular clamping member associated with each hub, built up wooden heads clamped between the hub flanges and the. annular clamping nembers, wooden ea s, spacing mem discs intermediate the bers intermediate the support discs for securing them in place, and a plurality of wooden lags' intermediate the heads and supported by the heads and the-support discs to form a drum.

7. In a reel, a tubular central member, flanged annular hubs inserted in the ends thereof an annular clamping member associated with each hub, heads comprising a plurality of laminations of wood, the grain of each succeeding lamination being at an angle to that of the preceding one, said heads being secured between the hub flanges and the annular clamping rings, wooden discs intermediate the heads and having a ring fit on the tubular central member, spacers intermediate the discs to secure them in place, a plurality of lags supported by the heads and the Wooden discs intermediate the heads, and a metal band closely encircling the lags.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe ngysname this 15th day of August A. D., 1 2

FRANK JOSEPH FEELY. 

